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And you had to pick up several of them at the airport the afternoon/night before (and they were staying with you), would you do a homemake make-ahead egg dish for the AM, or just buy quiches from a local bakery?
I have a tendency to overextend myself when I host parties. I'm really trying not to do that this time. This is a post-baptism reception, so it's in the late morning, and there won't be much time that morning to cook anything. I want to have things pretty much ready to go when folks get to our house after the baptism. But bakery-made quiches are kind of overpriced for what they are. Should I suck up the cost and buy the quiches for my sanity? Or should I just stay up late the night before and make them myself? Or is there another *easy* make-ahead egg recipe you can suggest? The rest of the menu is ham with rolls, bagels with cream cheese and/or salmon, fruit salad, and a cake. Drinks are just coffee/tee and oj or mimosas. |
Anonymous
| Do the sanity thing, OP, for heaven's sake. Or even skip the quiches altogether. You are serving enough food already. Don't knock yourself out, and in my experience people don't eat a lot of quiche. |
Anonymous
| Buy em.. |
Anonymous
| I served quiche and croissants at a big brunch two years ago. They were eaten but I had the sense that people would have been perfectly content with the other stuff. You have ham and salmon so your protein is covered. |
Anonymous
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Maybe a french toast casserole. Here is an easy one I have used, but there are tons more on allrecipes.com that are fancier (eg, stresuel topping) and have more bells and whistles.
French Toast Casserole 16 slices (about 1 loaf) of Pepperidge Farm cinnamon bread (or other hard bread), cut into cubes 6 large eggs 1/2 cup maple syrup 2 1/2 cups milk or half and half 2 teaspoons vanilla berries/powdered sugar for serving 1. Place cubed bread in greased 9 x 13 baking dish 2. Mix eggs, milk, syrup, and vanilla and pour over bread. 3. Cover and refrigerate overnight. 4. Preheat oven to 350. 5. Bake about 45-55 minutes until golden brown and set. 6. Top with berries/powdered sugar before serving * if you remember take the casserole out of the fridge 1 hour before baking and let it come to room temperature, it will shorten the baking time—if it is cold when you put it in the oven it may take closer to 1 hour to cook. * it deflates quickly after removing from the oven, so try to let people see it soon after you take it out! |
Anonymous
| If you have a tendency to overextend yourself, try doing something different and see how it goes. I bet it will be just fine and maybe that will help you go easier on yourself. So I agree with PPs - skip the quiches altogether. |
Anonymous
This is not easier. |
Anonymous
| Instead of a make ahead egg dish, why just do plain scrambled eggs? Have the eggs shelled and beaten in a bowl with a little milk. When you get home from the baptism, throw it in a big skillet-- two batches in necessary-- and then toss in a bowl and put it on the table. Would take ten minutes but would be fresh and delicious and hot. Not much more work than heating up whatever you buy or make ahead of time. Everyone loves plain scrambled eggs. |
Anonymous
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OP here - thanks for the quick and helpful suggestions! I'm either going to skip the quiche entirely, or do the scrambled egg thing, which I hadn't thought of. That is pretty easy.
The french toast casserole sounds delicious, but I think I'll try that another time. Looks like it requires some skill, and I have none. 
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Anonymous
| I've been known to set out smoked salmon, bagels and cream cheese, too, for breakfast get togethers. It might be a nice complement to your quiche. |
Anonymous
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If you really want to make another dish, why not make a dish ahead of time that you can freeze?
-mini muffins can be frozen ideas to put into muffins: (your put these things in the cups, then pour batter over them) strawberry slices, chocolate chips, frozen raspberries, raisins, blackberries, butterscotch chips, coconut, pineapple pieces, blueberries, shredded carrot, dried cherries, shredded zucchini. Got the idea here: http://www.bentolunch.net/2010/09/muffin-tin-monday-its-muffin-theme.html the base/batter for the muffins is here: http://www.bentolunch.net/2010/04/muffin-recipe-from-yesterday.html |
Anonymous
| How about frozen quiches from the grocery store or someplace like Costco? Pop them in the oven in the morning. |
Anonymous
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Honey, you've got it covered. The menu you describe is ample. The main event is the baptism. No need to knock yourself silly with additional items.
Ham with rolls, bagels with cream cheese and/or salmon, fruit salad, and a cake; drinks are coffee/tee and oj or mimosas? Sound delicious. Please leave room to enjoy the gathering. If you get the sense that something warm should be added to the table, scramble some eggs. I'm with 08:04, everyone loves plain scrambled eggs. I'd add a bit of cheese, salt/pepper and be done. This can be accomplished quickly, while everyone's taking off their coats and getting settled anyway. |
Anonymous
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If you said that french toast casserole was too difficult, did you actually read it?? This is it: buy bread. Cut it up. Put it in a pan. Mix 4 liquid ingredients (eggs, milk, syrup, vanilla) and pour the mixture over the bread. Stick the pan in the fridge. When you want to eat, stick the pan in the oven.
Uh, that's it. I'm a terrible cook, and even I think that's incredible easy! |
Anonymous
| I was going to suggest bread pudding, which is the same as the french toast casserole. I've done this for a brunch party similar to what you're planning, and it really is as simple as take it out of the fridge and put it in the oven on the day. |